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Maybe it's like Desmond Bagley's Running Blind, in which the Soviets are allowed to get their hands on a complicated circuit that actually does nothing useful, in the hope that it will busy out many of their best analysts.
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Quote: Once an hour, infected Macs check a control server
The question from a network noob: And it is not possible to locate the root?
modified 27-Mar-21 21:01pm.
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Compiled, the Xceed DLL consumes 635k. I only wanted it for one control, so I took a few runs at cutting out just what I wanted, but on my 3rd attempt, I still had over 50 files and it still wasn't compiling. I gave up and rolled my own control.
The source code to my control is only 16k. I'm gonna count that as one for the "W" column.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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#realJSOP wrote: The source code to my control is only 16k
JsopXceed, not Xceed WPF.
Never felt a need for controls that do different from Windows' standards.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Well, the xceed library is pretty nice, and includes a lot of stuff that should have been in WPF to begin with. Of course, that’s true of pretty much any framework delivered by Microsoft - a lot of common sense controls that should have been provided.
Also, my size estimate on the compiled xceed library was way off. Compiled form is actually 1.3mb.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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#realJSOP wrote: a lot of common sense controls that should have been provided.
Standards. Thought in school, that anyone knows how to use. Where third parties have a non-mentioned call of helpdesks. MS Controls are predictable, have been seen ComCtrls.
#realJSOP wrote: Also, my size estimate on the compiled xceed library was way off. Compiled form is actually 1.3mb.
Given today's computers. 1.3 Mb, my dear Goddess, save us.
So, I will have to try it; if you use it, then there a reason for that 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I started programming when 64k was considered a LOT of memory and hard drives weren't yet available. Conservation of resources was a big deal back then, and I still code as if all of that still matters.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Quote: I gave up and rolled my own control.
Modern Software Engineering 101.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I wasn't using it in a commercial application. Of course their license is moot because I'm not using it at all now.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Microsoft is looking to further simplify access to its Power Platform low-code/no-code platform with a new language called Power Fx. I guess because Power Basic was already taken?
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Well, it's either going to change Excel as we know it, or disappear without trace.
It's trying to do what VB and VBA were intended for, really.
Time will tell.
One thing I am fairly sure of: Low-code/no-code will reduce the demand for certain types of programming job but it is inevitably (I think) going to increase demand for people to fix other people's half completed, working badly, faulty low-code/no-code solutions.
modified 1-Mar-21 12:58pm.
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Until just yesterday, I thought AI will never replace me as a programmer. The sun
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Quote: There is simply not enough cocaine in the world to keep us all going programming non-stop for days and days...
But there was enough for him to finish that weird (rant?)
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LOL. Been hearing the same drivel for 30+ years. Hilarious.
Answer: neither
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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If you’re not ready for the responsibilities of a dog or a cat, Panasonic has introduced yet another companion robot that dutifully pays attention to you through bouts of flatulence—just like a real pet. I think the isolation is affecting some people
I guess it's +1 for not having to take it for walks (or cleaning litter boxes)?
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Perseverance didn’t traverse the vastness of space alone. Ingenuity, a tiny helicopter, tagged along for the ride. It's the Year of Linux (on Mars)!
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Microsoft is shortening the support lifecycle of Windows 10 Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) releases from 10 years down to only five years. They just changed to base 5 notation
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Either they want you to update to the newest shiny win10 version they have or they want to suck your blood more than a vampire.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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both. It's definitely both.
TTFN - Kent
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Hopefully, someone somewhere is polishing up a Nobel Prize because a researcher discovered that pastries work with touchscreens too, and with some clever baking techniques, an iPad is finally able to recognize your breakfast muffin. "Oh, we all know the muffin man. His wares are such a treat"
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this. I seem to remember there being another forum for this kind of thing, but I am not seeing it now.
Anyway, for anyone that needs charting and reporting type stuff, consider Mindfusion. They even implemented a feature at my request, and within 3 days - which is what they promised.
That was before I bought it.
UI Controls for Web, Mobile and Desktop Applications | MindFusion[^]
They've been stellar.
Their charting API isn't bad to use either, though it takes a little getting used to, and you can get it on several platforms, along with the rest of their stuff.
I don't normally take the time to plug vendors, but they've consistently gone above and beyond.
Real programmers use butterflies
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huh. i don't see it in the discussion menu to the left anywhere, under any of the headings. weird. oh well.
also this isn't free.
Edit: I found it.
Real programmers use butterflies
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